2008 Paul Gruchow Essay Winners


The $400 prize money will be split among the five winners.

This year we had 100 entries and for the first time many came from outside of MN including OH, WI, Ill, WA, OR, AZ, PA, CA, NE.

The five winners and one Honorable Mention were from :

Winners from Stillwater, MN,-- Chicago, Ill,--- Rochester, MN, ---Mazeppa, MN and Rochester, MN. and one Honorable Mention from Pepin, WI.

"To love the world: Leonardo's Green Dream" by Donald Heffernan of Stillwater; Milissa Link of Minneapolis, "Gone Wild;" Patricia Monaghan of Chicago, "The Memory of Glaciers;" Coleen Johnston of Mazeppa, MN, "By the Notebook;" Virgina Wright Peterson's "The Natural and Unnatural History of Marion Township;" and Dana Hoeschen wins Honorable Mention for her essay entitled "Liminal: situated at a sensory threshold, barely perceptible. "

Essays, bios and photos to be posted soon.

Thanks to all for submitting.